Thurston High School - Yearling Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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SPORTS SUMMER OLYMPICS: Nadia Comenece; gymnast, won three gold medals with perfect scores. Nelly Kim; gymnast, also a gold with a perfect score. John Nabors; swimmer. Dwight Stones; controversial athlete with t-shirt messages, high jumper. Princess Anne; horse jumping. Vasily Alexeyev; weight lifting. Bruce Jenner; decathlon. SUPER BOWL XI: Raiders over the Vikings, 32-14. Muhammad Ali defeated Ken Nor- ton in title fight with a unanimous 15 round decision, Sept. 28 at Yan- kee Stadium. Jimmy Young beat George Foreman in a 12 round bout March 17 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. WEATHER California experienced it’s longest drought. Snow hit the nation in unusually large amounts this winter. New Haven students received 13 extra vacation days as a result of the local weather. Indiana declared because of snow that only 165 school days were necessary this year instead of the normal 180 days of student attendance. Frost destroyed Florida’s Citrus crops; $150 million worth of dam- ages. 35-40 per cent of the crops were destroyed. ACCIDENTS March 27, Royal Dutch Airlines Boe- ing 747 crashed into a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 on the runway of Los Rodeos Airport on the Canary Island. The collision occur- red when the American jet was taxi- ing off the runway to an access ramp and was unable to veer out of the path of the approaching Dutch jet which had begun its take off run without receiving clearance from the control tower. Both aircrafts exploded and burned leaving 570 dead. New Haven Train Wreck; two N W trains crashed east of New Haven claiming one life and injuring 3. The reason for the crash was that the brakes of the local train failed and it could not stop to miss the standing train which was trying to move to the side tracks to get out of the local’s way. March 30 marked the date of an accident which affected many. Howard Schnuth ran head on into an oncoming truck when trying to pass a vehicle. He was buried April 2 by Harper’s at 100F. INDIANA AFFAIRS Indiana ratified the ERA January 18. Indiana was the 35th state to ratify it with a 26 to 24 vote. NATIONAL AFFAIRS Ford and Carter Debates; Sept. 23, 1976. Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as nation’s 39th President. Viking Il lands on Mars, Sept. 3, 1976. It took 11 months to reach its desti- nation. The Death Penalty was affirmed Oct. 4 by the Supreme Court. Gary Gilmore, 36, was shot to death Jan. 17 by a firing squad at the Utah State Prison. He was the first person to suffer the death penalty since 1967. SST Concord was not allowed to pass over New York because of its noise pollution laws. Snow snuffs school operations for 13 days Current events — 21

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22 — Sweetheart Dance Feb. 26 draws out sweethearts for a night SWEETHEART DANCE COURT, left to right, Terri Screeton, Linda Myers, Mark Hevel, Jane Brand, Gary Goodwin, and Dawn Sny- der. SENIOR GARY GOODWIN and freshman Jane Brand, King and Queen, reign over all the Sweethearts. The crowning of freshman Jane Brand and senior Gary Goodwin highlighted the second annual Sweetheart Dance on the night of Feb. 26. Unlike the year before of it being held in the Girls’ Gym, the occasion was moved to the cafeteria which was decored for the event with tra- ditional hearts, cupids and flowers. Entertainment was hindered a lit- tle when John Stier unexpectedly entered the hospital, so he was not able to perform. The replacement band, Walden, was able to make their first performance for New Haven High. Walkers’ Photography took pic- tures of those who wanted momen- tos of the occasion. to remember